Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kearney, NE ranks #5,594 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 460 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kearney, NE include Baldwin Filters, X Development, Wideband Semiconductors. That works out to 13.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven J. Merritt Baldwin Filters 61
2 Timothy L. Krull Baldwin Filters 30
3 Kevin William Watts X Development 27
#4 John H. Beard Baldwin Filters 25
#5 Farrell F. Calcaterra Baldwin Filters 23
#6 Jeffrey E.D. Rogers Baldwin Filters 15
#7 Michael J. Von Seggern Baldwin Filters 14
#7 Steven James Lindsay 14
#9 Kyle Swanson Baldwin Filters 12
#9 Mark Fong Wideband Semiconductors 12
#11 Kenneth M. Frank Coleman Powermate 11
#11 Samantha Smith Florida State University 11
#13 David A. Biere Baldwin Filters 10
#14 Steve J. Lindsay Broadcom 9
#15 Greg Fisher Seventh Sense Biosystems 8
#16 Stephen Schweitzer Baldwin Filters 7
#16 Chad Banzhaf Baldwin Filters 7
#18 Benny Mathew Varghese Baldwin Filters 6
#19 Kenneth W. Ellis 5
#19 Shawn Sterling Nissan North America 5
#19 Christopher L. Exstrom University of Minnesota 5
#19 Saeid Shokrzadeh Powermate 5
#23 Dean Nordhues Lextron 4
#23 Lance Jacobi Becton, Dickinson And 4
#23 Frank Hromadka 4
#23 Dustin Bond Iheart Media Management Services 4
#23 Kristopher W. Lepine Baldwin Filters 4
#28 Jay Bartek 3
#28 Allan J. Arnold 3
#28 Heber Crockett Cayenne Medical 3
#28 Kristy L. Kounovsky-Shafer WARF 3
#28 Walter Fick Baldwin Filters 3
#28 Simon Ritchie Baldwin Filters 3
#28 Thomas C. Richmond Baldwin Filters 3
#28 Kenneth W. Stirn Baldwin Filters 3
#28 Harold Todd Tyler Coleman Powermate 3
#28 Kenton L. Jorgenson Baldwin Filters 3
#28 Claude Strope Baldwin Filters 3
#39 Dave Huebner 2
#39 Wilhelm A. A. Perleberg Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Roy A. Jared Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Russell D. Ridgway Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Stan Johnston Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Jere Albright Powermate 2
#39 James E. Belmore Eaton 2
#39 David M. Huebner Depuy Products 2
#39 Daniel P. Pokorney Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Matthew K. Epperson Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Randy R. Allen Baldwin Filters 2
#39 Tony Koch Baldwin Filters 2

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